Methods of Suicide and Implications for Suicide Prevention.

Boor, Myron

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Publication Date: 1981-Jan

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Methods of Suicide and Implications for Suicide Prevention.

Boor, Myron

Journal of Clinical Psychology, v37 n1 p70-75 Jan 1981

The increase in suicides by firearms in all sex-ethnic groups accompanied marked increases in the availability of firearms, which is a preferred, socioculturally accepted method of suicide. Studies suggest that suicides may be prevented by decreasing the availability of the most common methods of suicide to suicidal individuals. (Author)

Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Cross Cultural Studies, Guns, Prevention, Psychopathology, Racial Factors, Sex Differences, Sociocultural Patterns, State of the Art Reviews, Suicide

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